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Yellow Fever

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings

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Isaac Hiester letter to Samuel Jackson

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/143
Scope and Contents Hiester recalls experience as student sent by Caspar Wistar to Germantown to report on outbreak of yellow fever among several families there, circa 1805. Letter describes physical situation of Germantown and location of houses of infected families.
Dates: 1821-08-24